Washing-machine



G. E. MONCRIEF. Washing-Machine.

No. 228,667. Patented Juhe 8,1880.

WITNESSES %& -|NVENTOR ATTORNEY N PETERS. PHOTO- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GIDEON E. MONQRIEF, OF DUPONT, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,867, dated June 8, 1880. Application filed December 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cannon E. MoNcRIEF, of Dupont, in the county of Jefferson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a vertical central section of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the heaters.

This invention has relation to improvements in washing-machines.

The nature of the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown, described, and set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a table, platform, or its equivalent, upon which, at one end, is a standard, B, having a forked upper end, a, in which are formed spaced perforations 0, designed to receive a pin, 1), upon which vibrates a vertically-vibrating lever, (Z, and by means of which the said lever is vertically adjustable.

G indicates a grating, fitting inside of a vessel, 0, resting upon table A, and having upon its under side the springs S, which give a yielding support to the said grating. This grating is composed of spaced wooden strips, crossing each other at right angles and conforming to the shape of the vessel 0. This being usually and preferably circular, the grating will be of corresponding form.

D indicates the pounder-frame, composed of two bars, (1' d crossing each other at right angles, and having a projecting stem, (2 extending upward from their point of intersection. a

E indicates the pounder-cups, arranged one directly under the stem (1 and one or more upon each branch of the frame D. These cups are of the form of a cone, and are arranged in an inverted position. They are each provided with an inside cylindrical tube, (1 concentric with the lower edge of the cups,

as shown in Fig. 1, forming therewith an an gular annular air-chamber, e, and they are attached to the cross-frame D by means of the wooden rods f passing up through the apexes of the cups, and extending a suitable distance through the branches or arms of the said frame, as shown in Fig.1. These rods are provided on their lower ends with knobs c, and they are secured to the frame by means of pins g, the knobs 0 serving to prevent the rods from being drawn through the cups and the pins to secure them to the pounder-frames.

The rods f project through the pounderframe a sufficient distance, and are provided with tenons 7c, the object of which will be hereinafter explained, and which form with the body of the said rods the shoulders h. These shoulders are in the same plan e with each other and with a shoulder, j, on the stem (P.

G indicates a T-shaped lever, having at the intersection of its branches a circular hole, k, of sufficient size to allow it to be passed over the stem (1 until stopped by the shoulder j, and provided in its branches with holes I, designed to receivethe tenons on the upper ends of the rods f.

Above the shoulder j on the main stem is a second shoulder, m, of reduced size. The reduced part of the stem above this shoulder extends upward through a slot, 8, in the main lever d, and is secured to the said lever by a pin, a.

Slot S is wider at the bottom than at the top, as shown in Fig. l, for the purpose of allowing the stem to gravitate vertically from the lever, whatever be its position, and maintain the lower edges of the heaters in parallelism with the grating.

The effect of the springs S under the grating is to render it yielding, so that should the heaters be actuated with undue force they will not break the buttons on the fabric or cause a rent or break therein.

Avertieall y-reciprocatin g movement-is given to the heaters by vibrating the lever 01 vertically, and a horizontally-vibratory motion, producing on the grating a rubbing action by imparting to lever G a horizontal vibration.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the cross shaped In testimony that I claim the above 1 have to frame D and the stem (1 having shoulders j hereunto subscribed my name in the presence on, of the heaters E, having stems f extending of two witnesses. through said frame, and pror'ided with tenons 5 k, the supporting-pins g, the T-shaped handle GIDEON H. MONORIE F.

G, rotating on the stem 01 and having mortises l, and the vertically-vibrating lever (l, Witnesses: having slot .9, wider at the bottom than the THOMAS A. HYATT, top, substantially as specified. DAVID MGJOHNSON. 

